After the acquisition, Studiocanal will seek to up sales in the market on its 5,000-movie library.

Also, Australia and New Zealand offer “synergies for international production, especially with Studiocanal’s U.K. productions. There’s a lot of great talent and favorable tax incentives,” Courson said.

“Australia and New Zealand are near in taste to the U.K. market,” he added, pointing out they repped the world’s third-biggest market for the Studiocanal-financed “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.”